This past Friday, April 26 2013 marked the inauguration of Mason’s sixth president, Dr. Ángel Cabrera. The event was a ninety-minute celebration of both old and new, both tradition and innovation. Beginning with a staid traditional procession accompanied by an orchestra and choir, the ceremony ended with a rousing recessional by the Mason pep band, […]
This post is a continuation of the the original post entitled Mason Inaugurations Through the Years. Dr. Robert Krug became George Mason University’s third president although he never interviewed for it. The unexpected resignation of President Vergil Dykstra in April 1977 came as a surprise to many, but to none more so than Vice President […]
Re-post from GMU News. By Mark Schwartz, communication and marketing officer, University Libraries The George Mason University Libraries has acquired an important late 18th-century manuscript with handwritten entries by the George Mason family. Previously, the university owned only three single-page original documents directly related to its namesake, George Mason IV. “The Mason family account book […]
